A tropical disturbance moved just offshore southwestern Mexico in early
September. The system moved
west-northwest while slowly developing, becoming a tropical depression
around noon on September 8th.
Moving more northwestward, a combination of southwesterly winds aloft
and cooling sea surface temperatures
along its track led to its dissipation as a tropical cyclone on the
9th. The depression helped lead to heavy rainfall
in northwest Mexico, though its core convection did not move ashore
Baja California. Below are the storm total
rainfall graphics associated with this depression. Rainfall
information for Mexico was
obtained from the Comision
Nacional del Agua, the parent agency of
Mexico's national weather
service.